Thoughts on my “mission.”

I have learned through being a part of the 3 in 30 challenges for two months how valuable being goal-oriented can be.

I have seen the recommendations from bloggers that I deeply respect to develop a personal Mission Statement —  for all areas of our lives.  Motherhood, Teacherhood (in my case), and Blog-dom.  (Blog-hood just didn’t right.  Neither does blog-dom.  Meh.)

A very thought provoking, inspiring and challenging post by Gary Molander got the wheels turning in my head.

The scripture referenced in Gary’s post is 1 Corinthians 13:1.

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

The bottom line is love.


In all that I do.
The bottom line is love.

In my home:

• Will my boys remember how many times I told them that I loved them, or will they remember the times that I put off playing with them?

• Will they remember the love that I showered upon them, or will they remember the things that took me away from them?

In my profession:

• Will my students remember all the right fingerings for all of the notes, or will they remember that they are important,  and valuable?   (I can tell you which one I have made my mission, and the notes and fingerings are secondary.  This flies in the face of the “music education philosophy” books that I read and studied (and labored through) in college.)

In my blogging:

• Do I point to the truth in everything I do?

• Does the truth shine through, even if it is a post about getting healthy, or weight loss, or a 3 in 30 update?

• Is having too much set content (multitudes on mondays, weigh-in wednesdays, and 3 in 30 updates on fridays) limiting the ways that God can use this blog?

I have some thinking to do.

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What is your mission statement?

Do you have one for the different areas of your life, or do you have one that encompasses everything?